AU2022352207A1 - RFID container and manufacturing method for RFID container - Google Patents
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Abstract
A production method for an RFID container having an antenna and an IC chip, said method including: a step for provisionally attaching the antenna to a substrate with a first adhesive; a step for fixing the IC chip to the antenna; a step for bonding the surface of a container and the face of the substrate on which the antenna is formed with a second adhesive; and a step for leaving a partial region of the substrate covering the IC chip on the surface of the container while removing a region of the substrate other than the partial region covering the IC chip from the container.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to an RFID container and a
manufacturing method for an RFID container.
[0002] In the related art, a label that can be attached to a cylindrical body
such as a blood-collecting tube or a test tube has been proposed (see JP H11
73109A). The label described inJP H1-73109A has perforations or through
holes formed in label end portions in order to prevent the label end portions
from floating without following a curved surface of the test tube.
[0003] In recent years, in fields of manufacture, management, distribution,
and the like of products, movements have been promoted to apply a radio
frequency identification (RFID) technique for transmitting and receiving
information by non-contact communication to and from an IC chip in which
information related to the products and identification information are written.
[0004] In order to mount an RFID-corresponding antenna and an IC chip
on a container such as a blood-collecting tube or a test tube, for example, a
method has been adopted in which an RFID inlay in which an antenna and an
IC chip are provided on an inlay base material is manufactured in advance,
and the RFID inlay is attached to the container as a label or attached to the
container as a tag.
[0005] In a case of the container such as a blood-collecting tube or a test tube, the container may be used in a severe environment such as an extremely low temperature or a high temperature and high humidity. Therefore, in the method of mounting the RFID antenna and the IC chip on the container using the RFID inlay, environmental followability of the inlay base material exceeds an allowable range, and accordingly, the RFID antenna and the IC chip may remove off.
[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a
manufacturing method for an RFID container and an RFID container capable
of preventing an RFID antenna and an IC chip from removing off.
[0007] According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is
provided a manufacturing method for an RFID container having an antenna
and an IC chip, including: a process of temporarily attaching the antenna to a
base material by a first adhesive; a process of fixing the IC chip to the antenna;
a process of attaching a front surface of the container and a surface of the base
material on which the antenna is formed by a second adhesive; and a process
of removing, while leaving a partial region of the base material covering the IC
chip on the front surface of the container, a region of the base material other
than the partial region covering the IC chip from the container.
[0008] According to the above-mentioned embodiment, the antenna and
the IC chip are directly attached to the front surface of the container.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, since no RFID inlay is
present, floating of an RFID inlay from a front surface of an adherend does not
occur. Therefore, the RFID antenna and the IC chip can be prevented from
removing off.
[0009] [FIG.1] FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an appearance of an RFID
container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[FIG. 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a preceding process of a
process of temporarily attaching an antenna to a base material sheet in the
manufacturing method for an RFID container according to the embodiment of
the present invention.
[FIG. 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a process of applying a first
adhesive for temporarily attaching the antenna to the base material sheet.
[FIG. 4] FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a process of temporarily
attaching the antenna to the base material sheet.
[FIG. 5] FIG. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a process of fixing an IC
chip to the antenna.
[FIG. 6] FIG. 6 is a schematic view illustrating a process of reversely
printing an identification code in a printing region surrounded by a tear-off
line on the base material sheet.
[FIG. 7] FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a process of providing a second
adhesive on a front surface of the container.
[FIG. 8] FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a process of pressing the antenna
formed on the base material sheet against the container.
[FIG. 9] FIG. 9 is a view illustrating a process of attaching the antenna
formed on the base material sheet so as to follow an outer surface of the
container.
[FIG. 10] FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a process of attaching the antenna
formed on the base material sheet so as to follow the outer surface of the
container.
[FIG. 11] FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a state in which the antenna is
peeled off from the base material sheet and attached to the front surface of the
container.
[FIG. 12] FIG. 12 is a view illustrating a state in which the antenna is
attached to the front surface of the container.
[0010] [RFID Container]
FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an appearance of an RFID container according
to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the
RFID container refers to a container P1 in which an antenna 50 and an IC chip
corresponding to a radio frequency identification (RFID) technique for
transmitting and receiving information by non-contact communication are
incorporated and information related to contents and the like can be written
in the IC chip 70.
[0011] In the present embodiment, the container P1 is a test tube. The
container P1 does not have a so-called RFID inlay in which an antenna and an
IC chip are provided on an inlay base material, and as illustrated in FIG. 1,
the container P1 includes, on a front surface of the container P1, the antenna
to which the IC chip 70 is fixed and a printed portion 90 on which an
identification code is printed. A region to which the IC chip 70 is fixed is
covered with a protective base material 100. In addition, front surfaces of the
printed portion 90, the antenna 50, and the protective base material 100 are
covered with a protective film layer.
[0012] [Manufacturing Method for RFID Container]
The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to the
present embodiment is a method of preparing the antenna 50 to which the IC
chip 70 is fixed to a front surface of a base material sheet 10, peeling the
antenna 50 to which the IC chip 70 is fixed from the base material sheet 10,
and attaching the antenna 50 to the front surface of the container P1.
[0013] FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a preceding process of a
process of temporarily attaching the antenna 50 to the base material sheet 10
in the manufacturing method for an RFID container according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates the base material sheet 10 after the preceding process is performed.
[0014] In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 2, a longitudinal
direction of the base material sheet 10 is defined as a Y direction, and an X
direction intersecting the Y direction is defined as a width direction of the base
material sheet 10.
[0015] As illustrated in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, first, while the
base material sheet 10 having an elongated shape is conveyed along the Y
direction, reference marks 11 are printed on side edge portions 111 and 112
of the base material sheet 10 by a printer (not illustrated).
[0016] For example, the reference marks 11 are read by an optical sensor
or the like provided in the printer when the printer executes printing on the
base material sheet 10, and are used for detecting a printing position. In
addition, the reference marks 11 are also used for, in a subsequent process,
position detection for forming tear-off lines 20 and 30 and the like, position
detection when a first adhesive A1 is applied to the base material sheet 10,
and the like.
[0017] In the present embodiment, the reference marks 11 are printed at
intervals corresponding to a pitch (interval in the Y direction) of the antenna
formed in the subsequent process.
[0018] In the present embodiment, the reference marks 11 can be printed
by the printer (not illustrated) while conveying the base material sheet 10 in
the longitudinal direction (Y direction in FIG. 2) of the base material sheet 10.
[0019] Following the printing of the reference marks 11, the tear-off line 20
and cut portions 41 and 42 as a first tear-off line are formed on the base
material sheet 10. In addition, the tear-off line 30 as a second tear-off line is
formed.
[0020] The tear-off line 20 is formed so as to surround the entire antenna formed on the base material sheet 10 in the subsequent process.
[0021] The tear-off line 20 includes cut portions 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, and 216 as a first cut portion and uncut portions 217, 218, 219, 220, 221,
and 222 as a first uncut portion.
[0022] The cut portions 41 and 42, which are part of the first tear-off line,
constitute a tear-off line for cutting out a portion corresponding to a region
where the IC chip 70 is fixed together with cut portions 44, 45, 47, and 48 to
be described later.
[0023] In the present embodiment, the cut portions 41 and 42 which are
cuts intersecting with a part of the antenna 50 are formed before the process
of temporarily attaching the antenna 50 to the base material sheet 10.
[0024] In the present embodiment, the uncut portion 217 and the uncut
portion 220 of the tear-off line 20 are formed so as to coincide with each other
on a virtual line L continuous in the width direction (X direction) of the base
material sheet 10.
[0025] The virtual line L is also a center line assumed to be substantially
the center of a width of the antenna 50 in the Y direction, and serves as a
starting point when the antenna 50 is attached to the container P1 in the
subsequent process.
[0026] The uncut portion 217 and the uncut portion 220 are set to have a
width length that can ensure strength at which the uncut portion 217 and the
uncut portion 220 are not broken. On the other hand, the uncut portions
218, 219, 221, and 222 are set to have a width length with which the uncut
portions 218, 219, 221, and 222 can be broken in the subsequent process.
[0027] Since the uncut portion 217 and the uncut portion 220 which are
not broken are formed in the tear-off line 20, a part of the base material sheet
surrounded by the tear-off line 20 is not separated from other portions of
the base material sheet 10.
[0028] The tear-off line 30 as the second tear-off line is formed so as to
surround a printing region where information such as an identification code is
printed. The tear-off line 30 includes cut portions 31, 32, 33, and 34 as a
second cut portion and uncut portions 35, 36, 37, and 38 as a second uncut
portion. In the present embodiment, the uncut portions 35, 36, 37, and 38
are set to have a width length with which the uncut portions 35, 36, 37, and
38 can be broken in the subsequent process.
[0029] Accordingly, a part of the base material sheet 10 surrounded by the
tear-off lines 30 is represented as a printed portion 90. The printed portion
is separated from the base material sheet 10 in the subsequent process.
[0030] In the present embodiment, as a material applicable as the base
material sheet 10, among a single-layer resin sheet formed of a single resin
such as polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene naphthalate, and a celluloid sheet, or a multilayer
resin sheet obtained by laminating a plurality of these single-layer sheets, a
material by which information such as an identification code printed on a front
surface can be read from a rear surface side or a material having transparency
allowing contents of the container P1 be visually recognized is used.
[0031] In addition, a thickness of the base material sheet 10 can be 25 pm
or more and 200 pm or less, and particularly, a base material sheet having a
thickness of 10 pm or more and 200 pm or less can be used.
[0032] FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a process of applying the first
adhesive Al for temporarily attaching the antenna 50 to the base material
sheet 10. FIG. 3 illustrates the base material sheet 10 after the first adhesive
Al is applied.
[0033] In the process illustrated in FIG. 3, the first adhesive Al for
temporarily attaching the antenna 50 illustrated in FIG. 4 is applied to the
base material sheet 10. In the present embodiment, as the first adhesive A1, a removable paste that enables the antenna 50 to be attached to be removed from the base material sheet 10 as an adherend is used.
[0034] In this process, when the first adhesive Al is applied to the conveyed
base material sheet 10, for example, a plate roller can be used in which a
convex pattern matching a pattern of the antenna 50 is wound around a plate
cylinder.
[0035] The convex pattern formed on the plate roller has a shape that fits
inside the perimeter line (outline) of the pattern of the antenna 50 arranged on
the base material sheet 10.
[0036] By forming a plurality of convex patterns matching the pattern of
the antenna 50 in a circumferential direction of the plate roller, when the plate
roller is rotated while the base material sheet 10 is conveyed, the first adhesive
Al having the same shape as the pattern of the antenna 50 can be
continuously applied to the base material sheet 10 as illustrated in FIG. 3.
[0037] FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the process of temporarily
attaching the antenna 50 to the base material sheet 10. FIG. 4 illustrates a
state where a predetermined pattern of the antenna 50 is formed on the base
material sheet 10.
[0038] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the antenna 50 formed in the present
embodiment includes a loop portion 51, an IC chip connection portion 52 on
which the IC chip 70 is mounted, meanders 53 and 54 extending
symmetrically in the width direction (X direction) of the base material sheet 10
from the loop portion 51, and capacitors hats 55 and 56 connected to end
portions of the meanders 53 and 54.
[0039] The process of temporarily attaching the antenna 50 to the base
material sheet 10 further includes a process of stucking a metal sheet for
constituting the antenna 50 on the first adhesive Al provided on the base
material sheet 10, which is described with reference to FIG. 3.
[0040] Subsequent to this process, a process of cutting out the metal sheet
stucked on the base material sheet 10 into the shape of the antenna 50 is
executed. Further, a process of removing an unnecessary portion of the metal
sheet not constituting the antenna 50 from the base material sheet 10 is
executed.
[0041] In the process of stucking the metal sheet on the base material sheet
, a pressing roller and a support roller can be used as an example. By
stucking the metal sheet on the base material sheet 10 and inserting the metal
sheet between the pressing roller and the support roller, the metal sheet is
temporarily attached to the base material sheet 10.
[0042] In addition, in the process of cutting out the metal sheet stucked on
the base material sheet 10 into the shape of the antenna 50, a cut unit having
a die roll for forming the pattern of the antenna 50 and an anvil roller for
backing up the die roll can be used.
[0043] In the present embodiment, on a front surface of the die roll, there
are formed a first convex blade portion having the perimeter line (outline)
shape of the pattern of the antenna 50, an uncut portion 43 and the cut
portions 44 and 45, and a second convex blade portion for forming an uncut
portion 46 and the cut portions 47 and 48.
[0044] On the front surface of the die roll, the second convex blade portion
is formed higher than the first convex blade portion. Accordingly, cuts having
different depths can be simultaneously formed by one cutting.
[0045] The cut unit sandwiches and conveys the base material sheet 10 on
which the metal sheet is stucked, and thus the pattern of the antenna 50 is
partitioned in the metal sheet by the first convex blade portion. In this case, the second convex blade portion penetrates the metal sheet and the base
material sheet 10 to form the cut portions 44, 45, 47, and 48.
[0046] Accordingly, by the cut portions 41 and 42 formed before the process of temporarily attaching the antenna 50 to the base material sheet 10 and the cut portions 44, 45, 47, and 48 formed simultaneously with the process of forming the pattern of the antenna 50, a tear-off line for cutting out the base material sheet 10 corresponding to the antenna 50 to which the IC chip 70 is fixed as the protective base material 100 for protecting the IC chip 70 is completed.
[0047] Since the uncut portions 43 and 46 are left on the tear-off line
formed by the cut portions 41 and 42 and the cut portions 44, 45, 47, and 48,
the protective base material 100 is not separated from the base material sheet
in procedures of the process of forming the pattern of the antenna 50, but
the uncut portions 43 and 46 are set to have a width length with which the
uncut portions 43 and 46 can be broken in the subsequent process.
[0048] The first convex blade portion and the second convex blade portion
may be flexible dies. In addition, the convex blade portions may be formed by
an engraving blade, a planting blade, or the like.
[0049] Next, unnecessary portions of the metal sheet not constituting the
pattern of the antenna 50 are removed.
[0050] A peeling roller can be used to remove the unnecessary portions.
The unnecessary portions of the metal sheet can be peeled off and removed by
conveying the unnecessary portions of the metal sheet along a part of the
peeling roller in a direction different from a conveying direction of the base
material sheet 10.
[0051] Since the first adhesive Al applied to the base material sheet 10 is
not present on an outer side of the perimeter line of the pattern of the antenna
, a portion of the metal sheet other than the region where the pattern of the
antenna 50 is formed is not attached to the base material sheet 10.
[0052] Therefore, it is possible to leave the pattern of the antenna 50 on the
base material sheet 10 and to remove the metal sheet (unnecessary portions) other than the pattern of the antenna 50. The unnecessary portions are subjected to a recycling process after being recovered, and can be used again as a metal sheet.
[0053] In the present embodiment, fine portions such as an island portion
of the loop portion 51 of the antenna 50 and gaps in the meanders 53 and 54
may not be sufficiently removed only by being separated by the peeling roller,
for example, vacuum removal or the like is used together.
[0054] As described above, the antenna 50 can be formed on the base
material sheet 10.
[0055] In the present embodiment, the antenna 50 is, for example, a UHF
band RFID antenna designed to have an antenna length and an antenna line
width corresponding to a UHF band (300 MHz to 3 GHz, particularly 860 MHz
to 960 MHz).
[0056] In addition, the antenna 50 may be designed in a pattern
corresponding to a specific frequency band such as a microwave (1 GHz to 30
GHz, particularly around 2.4 GHz) and an HF band (3 MHz to 30 MHz,
particularly around 13.56 MHz) according to the RFID specification.
[0057] As the metal sheet constituting the antenna 50, any conductive
metal usually used for antenna formation can be applied. Examples thereof
include copper and aluminum. In addition, a thickness of the metal sheet
may be 3 pm or more and 25 pm or less.
[0058] In the present embodiment, it is preferable to use an aluminum foil
having a thickness of 20 pm as the metal sheet from the viewpoint of reducing
the manufacturing cost while satisfying an antenna performance.
[0059] FIG. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a process of fixing the IC chip
to the antenna 50. The IC chip 70 is electrically and mechanically
connected to the IC chip connection portion 52 provided in a part of the loop
portion 51 of the antenna 50 by an anisotropic conductive material 80 that is cured by an ultraviolet ray. An anisotropic conductive material that cures by heating may be used.
[0060] The IC chip 70 is a semiconductor package designed to be able to
communicate with a reading device (not illustrated) or a printer including the
reading device.
[0061] FIG. 6 is a schematic view illustrating a process of reversely printing
an identification code on the printed portion 90 surrounded by the tear-off line
of the base material sheet 10 after the IC chip 70 is fixed to the antenna
50.
[0062] In the present embodiment, information such as the identification
code can be printed on the printed portion 90 using a printer (not illustrated).
In addition to the printing of the identification code or the like, the information
corresponding to the identification code can be written in the IC chip 70.
[0063] The printed portion 90 partitioned by the tear-off line 30 is a portion
to be separated from the base material sheet 10. Therefore, the information
printed on the printed portion 90 can be separated from the base material
sheet 10 and attached to the container P1 together with the antenna 50.
[0064] In the present embodiment, in a subsequent process, the antenna
is reattached to the front surface of the container P1 from the base material
sheet 10 in facing the surface of the base material sheet 10 on which the
antenna 50 is formed faces the front surface of the container P1. Therefore, the protective base material 100 separated from the base material sheet 10
together with the antenna 50 is located on a front surface side in the container
P1.
[0065] Similarly, the printed portion 90 is also located on the front surface
side in the container P1. Accordingly, the identification code printed on the
printed portion 90 is read via the base material sheet 10. Therefore, when the
information such as the identification code is printed on the printed portion
, reverse printing is executed such that the information is recognizable from
a rear surface side of the base material sheet 10.
[0066] Accordingly, in a state where the printed portion 90 cut out from the
base material sheet 10 is attached to the container P1, the information printed
on the printed portion 90 is transmitted through the base material sheet 10
and is recognizable in a correct state.
[0067] Examples of the identification code include a two-dimensional code
and a bar code. In addition, the identification code may be a character
identifiable by a user.
[0068] Next, a process of removing the base material sheet 10 other than
the protective base material 100 from the container P1 while leaving a part
(corresponding to the protective base material 100) of the base material sheet
covering the IC chip 70 on the front surface of the container P1 will be
described.
[0069] FIGS. 7 to 12 illustrate a series of processes for transferring the
antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet 10 from the base material sheet
to the front surface of the container P1.
[0070] FIGS. 7 to 12 illustrate the process of attaching the antenna 50 to
the container P1 as viewed from a side of the container P1.
[0071] FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a process of providing a second adhesive
A2 on the front surface of the container P1. In this process, the front surface
of the container P1 and the surface of the base material sheet 10 on which the
antenna 50 is formed are attached to each other with the second adhesive A2.
In the present embodiment, while the container P1 is rotated in an arrow
direction in FIG. 7, the second adhesive A2 is provided on the front surface of
the container P1 by executing spray coating or the like on a region where the
antenna 50 is attached.
[0072] FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a process of pressing the antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet 10 against the container P1. In this process, a pressing mechanism 200 is applied.
[0073] The pressing mechanism 200 includes a pressing member 201 and
guide rollers 202 and 203 formed to extend on both sides of the pressing
member 201. The pressing member 201 is a rod-shaped member that is
longer than a length in the X direction of a portion partitioned by the tear-off
line 20 of the base material sheet 10. In addition, the guide rollers 202 and
203 are set to be shorter than the length in the X direction of the portion
partitioned by the tear-off line 20 of the base material sheet 10.
[0074] Therefore, when the guide rollers 202 and 203 move away from each
other along the front surface of the container P1 from a region pressed by the
pressing member 201, a part on an inner side of the tear-off line 20 of the base
material sheet 10 can be pressed toward the container.
[0075] When the pressing member 201 is applied along the center line
(virtual line L in FIG. 2) of the antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet
, a region including the portion of the antenna 50 to which the IC chip 70 is
fixed and a region including the uncut portions 217 and 220 formed to face
each other on a straight line of the virtual line L are attached to the front
surface of the container P1.
[0076] FIGS. 9 and 10 are views illustrating a process of attaching the
antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet 10 so as to follow an outer
surface of the container P1.
[0077] The pressing member 201 presses a region corresponding to the
virtual line L of the base material sheet 10, then the pressing member 201
retreats, and instead, the guide rollers 202 and 203 move away from each
other along the front surface of the container P1 from the virtual line L.
[0078] The guide rollers 202 and 203 are set to be shorter than the length
in the X direction of the portion partitioned by the tear-off line 20 in the base material sheet 10, and thus the portion partitioned by the tear-off line 20 in the base material sheet 10 can be pressed against the front surface of the container P1 while following the front surface of the container P1.
[0079] In this case, the uncut portions 218, 219, 221, and 222 are broken
by a pressing force applied to the front surface of the container P1 by the guide
rollers 202 and 203. Accordingly, side portions other than the uncut portions
217 and 220 on the tear-off line 20 are elastically deformed following the
curved front surface of the container P1 due to the flexibility of the base
material sheet 10, and are pressed against the front surface of the container
P1.
[0080] Accordingly, the antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet 10
is attached to the second adhesive A2 applied to the front surface of the
container P1.
[0081] FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a state in which the antenna 50 is
peeled off from the base material sheet 10 and attached to the front surface of
the container P1. FIG. 12 is a view illustrating a state in which the antenna
is attached to the front surface of the container P1.
[0082] The portion of the base material sheet 10 elastically deformed along
an outer surface of the container P1, which is partitioned by the tear-off line
, attempts to return to the same surface as the surrounding base material
sheet 10 due to elasticity of the base material sheet 10 while leaving the
antenna 50 attached to the front surface of the container P1 by the second
adhesive A2 on the front surface of the container P1.
[0083] With respect to the uncut portion 43 and the cut portions 44 and
as well as the uncut portion 46 and the cut portions 47 and 48 that are
formed in a peripheral portion of the tear-off line 30 and the IC chip 70 of the
base material sheet 10, the uncut portions 35, 36, 37 and 38 and the uncut
portions 43 and 46 are set to a width length with which the uncut portions 35,
36, 37 and 38 and the uncut portions 43 and 46 can be broken.
[0084] Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 12, when the base material sheet 10
is moved away from the front surface of the container P1, the uncut portions
, 36, 37, and 38 and the uncut portions 43 and 46 are broken and the
surrounding base material sheet 10 is separated in a state in which an inner
region of the tear-off line 30 and a surrounding region to which the IC chip 70
is fixed are attached to the container P1 due to the adhesive force of the second
adhesive A2.
[0085] Accordingly, in the base material sheet 10, the portion partitioned
by the tear-off line 30, that is, the printed portion 90 on which the
identification code is printed and the portion (corresponding to the protective
base material 100) partitioning the region to which the IC chip 70 is fixed are
separated from the base material sheet 10, and are left on the front surface of
the container P1 together with the antenna 50.
[0086] When the base material sheet 10 is moved away from the container
P1, in order to smoothly peel off the antenna 50 from the base material sheet
and improve separability between the printed portion 90 and the protective
base material 100 from the base material sheet 10, the adhesive force of the
second adhesive A2 is preferably larger than the adhesive force of the first
adhesive Al.
[0087] After the antenna 50, the printed portion 90, and the protective base
material 100 are attached to the container P1 from the base material sheet 10,
a process of covering the front surface of the container P1 including the
antenna 50, the printed portion 90, and the protective base material 100 with
a protective film layer is executed.
[0088] Accordingly, the antenna 50, the printed portion 90, and the
protective base material 100 can be prevented from being peeled off from the
container P1.
[0089] [Functions and Effects]
According to the manufacturing method for an RFID container according
to the present embodiment, since the antenna 50 to which the IC chip 70 is
fixed can be directly formed on the front surface of the container P1, the IC
chip 70 and the antenna 50 can be prevented from removing off even in a
severe environment such as extremely low temperature or high temperature
and high humidity, and the IC chip 70 and the antenna 50 can be reliably
mounted on the container without failure, as compared with a case where the
RFID inlay in which the antenna and the IC chip are provided on the inlay
base material is attached to the container as a label or attached to the
container as a tag.
[0090] According to the manufacturing method of the present embodiment, a part of a base material cut from the base material sheet 10 is the protective
base material 100, and can cover a fixed portion between the IC chip 70 and
the antenna 50. Therefore, in order to prevent damage to the IC chip 70, there
is no need to separately prepare a process of attaching the protective base
material.
[0091] Further, according to the manufacturing method of the present
embodiment, the information printed on the base material sheet 10 can be
separated from the base material sheet 10 and attached to the container P1
together with the antenna 50. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, when
the antenna 50 is formed in the container P1, identification information such
as the identification code can be included in the container P1 in advance.
[0092] Therefore, for example, a container to which an identification code
is attached can be manufactured by receiving necessary identification
information from a customer in advance, encoding the identification
information into the identification code, and incorporating the encoded
information into the container. Accordingly, there is no need for the customer to print the identification code for managing the container P1 and contents thereof. In addition, when the container P1 is delivered to a hand of the customer, since the identification code for identifying the container P1 is already attached, it is easy to associate the container P1 with the contents when managing the container P1, the contents, and the like.
[0093] [Other Embodiments]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described
above, the above embodiments are merely a part of application examples of the
present invention, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the
present invention to the specific configuration of the above embodiments.
[0094] In the present embodiment, the base material sheet 10 can be
applied, instead of the resin sheet, as long as the base material sheet 10 is a
material having transparency to an extent that printing of the identification
code or the like can be read from the rear surface side with respect to a printing
surface, and can ensure the strength to an extent that the uncut portions 35,
36, 37, and 38 and the uncut portions 43 and 46 are not broken in a process
before the processes described with reference to the above-described FIGS. 7
to 12, and a paper material can be used instead of the resin sheet.
[0095] In the present embodiment, the reference mark 11 may be printed
on only one of the side edge portions 111 and 112. In addition, each of the
plurality of reference marks 11 may be printed at an interval corresponding to
the pitch of the antenna 50, and is not limited to be printed at the positions
illustrated in FIG. 2 and the like.
[0096] The reference marks 11 may be printed by a printing device other
than the printer. Further, in addition to the printer or the printing device
provided in a device for realizing the manufacturing method, the reference
marks 11 may be formed in advance on the base material sheet 10 by another
printer or printing device.
[0097] In the present embodiment, since the uncut portions 218, 219, 221,
and 222 serving as the first uncut portion are provided to prevent the cut out
base material sheet 10 from being unnecessarily lifted up when the base
material sheet 10 is conveyed, positions where the uncut portions are formed
are not limited to the positions illustrated in FIG. 2.
[0098] By appropriately selecting the material and thickness of the base
material sheet 10, in a case where a problem such as lifting up of the cut out
base material sheet 10 at the time of conveyance does not occur, it is not
necessary to provide the uncut portions 218 and 219, and the cut portions
212, 213, and 214 may be formed as one continuous notch. Similarly, the
cut portions 211, 215, and 216 may be formed as one continuous notch.
[0099] In the present embodiment, in a first cutting process, the cut
portions 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, and 216 as the first cut portion and the
uncut portions 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, and 222 as the first uncut portion
are formed at one time.
[0100] In contrast, the cut portions 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, and 216 and
the uncut portions 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, and 222 may be formed through
a further cutting process including a plurality of stages. For example, the cut
portions 212, 213, and 214 and the cut portions 32 and 33 may be formed at
the same timing, and the cut portions 211, 215, and 216 and the cut portions
31 and 34 may be formed at a next timing.
[0101] In the process illustrated in FIG. 3, the first adhesive Al can also be
applied to the conveyed base material sheet 10 by using flexographic printing,
gravure printing, screen printing, or the like.
[0102] An identification mark printed on the printed portion 90 illustrated
in FIG. 6 may be printed by a printing device in addition to the printing by the
printer. Further, in addition to the printer or the printing device provided in
the device for realizing the manufacturing method, the identification mark may be formed on the base material sheet 10 by another printer or printing device.
[0103] Although FIG. 7 illustrates that the second adhesive A2 is provided
on the front surface of the container P1, the second adhesive A2 may be
provided on the antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet 10.
[0104] In addition, as illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 12, in addition to the method
in which the antenna 50 formed on the base material sheet 10 is attached to
the container P1, the antenna 50 is left in the container P1 by the adhesive
force of the second adhesive A2, and the base material sheet 10 is peeled off
from the antenna 50, the antenna 50 to which the IC chip 70 is fixed may be
peeled off from the base material sheet 10, the antenna 50 may be transferred
to another base material such that an adhesion surface between the base
material sheet 10 and the antenna 50 becomes a front surface, and the
antenna 50 may be attached to the container from the another base material.
[0105] As described above, since the process of forming the antenna 50 on
the base material sheet 10 and the process of attaching the antenna 50 to the
container can be separated by temporarily transferring the antenna 50 to
another base material, a degree of freedom in manufacturing is increased.
[0106] In the present embodiment, the tear-off line 30 that partitions the
printed portion 90 on which the identification code is printed is formed before
the process of temporarily attaching the antenna 50 to the base material sheet.
However, the tear-off line 30 may be formed in the process of forming the
antenna 50 using the die roll for forming the antenna 50.
[0107] The process of attaching the antenna 50 to the container P1
described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 12 is an example suitably used for a
cylindrical container P1. In the present embodiment, a form and a shape of
the container P1 are not limited to the test tube of the embodiment. For
example, the container may be a box, a bag, or the like.
[0108] The present application claims priority under Japanese Patent
Application No. 2021-155702 filed to the Japan Patent Office on September
24, 2021, and the entire content of this application is incorporated herein by
reference.
Claim 1. A manufacturing method for an RFID container having an
antenna and an IC chip, comprising:
a process of temporarily attaching the antenna to a base material by a
first adhesive;
a process of fixing the IC chip to the antenna;
a process of attaching a front surface of the container and a surface of
the base material on which the antenna is formed by a second adhesive; and
a process of removing, while leaving a partial region of the base material
covering the IC chip on the front surface of the container, a region of the base
material other than the partial region covering the IC chip from the container.
Claim 2. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
claim 1, wherein
the first adhesive is a removable paste.
Claim 3. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
claim 1 or 2, wherein
an adhesive force of the second adhesive is larger than an adhesive force
of the first adhesive.
Claim 4. A manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:
a process of forming a first tear-off line having a first cut portion and a
first uncut portion around the partial region of the base material before the
process of temporarily attaching the antenna to the base material.
Claim 5. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
claim 4, further comprising:
a process of providing the first adhesive inside with respect to a perimeter
line of the antenna arranged on the base material;
a process of arranging a metal sheet constituting the antenna on a
surface on which the first adhesive is provided;
a process of cutting out the metal sheet into a shape of the antenna; and
a process of removing an unnecessary portion of the metal sheet not
constituting the antenna, wherein
a part of the first tear-off line is formed before the process of temporarily
attaching the antenna to the base material, and
a remaining part of the first tear-off line is formed in the process of cutting
out the metal sheet into the shape of the antenna.
Claim 6. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
claim 4 or 5, further comprising:
a process of forming a second tear-off line having a second cut portion
and a second uncut portion around a region where the antenna is formed on
the base material.
Claim 7. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
claim 6, wherein
the second tear-off line is formed before the process of temporarily
attaching the antenna to the base material.
Claim 8. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein
the IC chip is connected to the antenna by an adhesive that is cured by an ultraviolet ray.
Claim 9. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein
an identification code is reversely printed on the base material, and
the base material has transparency such that the identification code is
recognizable from a rear surface side.
Claim 10. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein
the partial region of the base material covering the IC chip is pressed
against the IC chip by a pressing member.
Claim 11. The manufacturing method for an RFID container according to
any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein
a portion other than the partial region of the base material covering the
IC chip is removed from the container, and then the partial region of the base
material remained on the front surface of the container and the antenna are
covered with a protective film layer.
Claim 12. An RFID container, wherein
an adhesive layer is provided on a surface having an IC chip of an antenna
to which the IC chip is fixed,
the antenna is attached in a state where the surface having the IC chip
faces a front surface of the container, and
a partial region of the antenna covering the IC chip is covered with a
protective base material.
Claims (1)
- Claim 13. The RFID container according to claim 12, whereinthe protective base material and the antenna are covered with a protectivefilm layer.Claim 14. The RFID container according to claim 12 or 13, whereinthe protective base material has transparency such that informationprinted on a front surface thereof is recognizable from a rear surface side.
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